Top seed Andy Roddick and number three Andy Murray reached the Memphis International second round in contrasting styles.
The Russian proved too good for defending champion Mara Santangelo in the final.
Photos from the Champions League matches played across Europe on Tuesday
World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis feels Mike Tyson is scared of him.
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The world No. 1 needed just 85 minutes to defeat Mark Philippoussis in the final.
Less than 24 hours after issuing a statement saying Saturday's fight was off because he had the flu and unable to train, Tyson had a sudden change of heart
The former Roland Garros champion will begin a 10-tournament 'Farewell Tour' at the San Jose Open in February.
American cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won his fourth consecutive Tour de France this year, was voted foreign sportsperson of the year by the Spanish daily newspaper El Pais.
The 20-time English Premier League champions are far from their best, but, in the final analysis, it is the results that matter, and at the moment they are on a winning spree, says Bikash Mohapatra
The policy of buying players cheap and selling them for a higher price a few years on is a business model that worked well for clubs like Atletico Madrid and FC Porto. With the transfer window open for the next few weeks, Rediff.com takes a look at clubs that made smart deals over the years.
Tim Duncan nailed 24 points and snared nine rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 104-76 win over the Denver Nuggets.
Boston Celtics registered a 115-113 double overtime win over the Detroit Pistons.
League scoring leader Allen Iverson poured in 48 points to lead the Philadelphia 76rers to a 118-111 win over the Bucks in Milwaukee on Tuesday.
San Antonio Spurs pounded the New Orleans Hornets 101-78 on Wednesday to reclaim a share of the best record in the standings.
Roger Federer began his quest to win the Rotterdam Open with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Czech qualifier Bohdan Ulihrach.
Victory over the leading San Antonio Spur enabled the Washington Wizards stretch their unbeaten run to three games
Tony Parker scored 20 points to carry San Antonio past the host Charlotte Bobcats 104-85 Tuesday.
NBA champion Detroit Pistons eased past the Wizards 105-96 for their fourth consecutive win.
San Antonio Spurs eased to a 103-84 win over the Seattle SuperSonics to post their seventh win in eight games to improve their record to 37-10.
The Detroit Pistons moved into a first-place tie with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Central Division after a 91-61 romp over the New York Knicks.
Paul Pierce scored 23 points and Ricky Davis added 18 to spark the Boston Celtics to a 100-86 win over the Indiana Pacers.
The Suns received 20-plus points from four different players to put up a season-high game total of 133.
Amare Stoudemire collected 34 points as Phoenix Suns crushed Miami Heat 122-107 to improve their NBA league-leading record to 31-4.
Kobe Bryant scored 27 points and dished out 10 assists to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to an 111-104 victory over the Houston Rockets.
Arthur J Pais interviews 18-year-old American student William J Oppenheim III, who, along with a few friends, has established the Omprakash Foundation, which links for-free volunteer teachers with more than 100 grassroots educational projects in 26 countries.
My friend's roommate, who picked up the phone, said he was in the restroom. I had no idea what that was.
Ron Artest and Jermaine O'Neal continued to sparkle as the Indiana Pacers thumped the Philadelphia 76ers 90-77 for their eighth straight win on Friday.
When the bout was halted, Klitschko was ahead 58-56 on the cards of all three judges and charged across the ring towards Lewis amazed at the stoppage.
Reigning French Open champion Maria Sharapova, former world number one Venus Williams and Australian Samantha Stosur sailed into the second round of the China Open with straight set victories on Sunday.
Tyson halted the charge of the "Black Rhino" with the sixth-fastest victory of his career.
Michael Jordan started for the second successive game and performed like his old self to inspire the Washington Wizards to a 103-78 pasting of the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday.
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